Outlook

Advanced Geospatial Data Processing for Social Scientists

Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger

2025-04-29

What we have done

Day Time Title
April 28 10:00-11:15 Introduction
April 28 11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
April 28 11:30-13:00 Raster data in R
April 28 13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
April 28 14:00-15:15 Raster data processing
April 28 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
April 28 15:30-17:00 Graphical display of raster data in maps
April 29 10:00-11:15 Datacube processing I
April 29 11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
April 29 11:30-13:00 Datacube processing II & API access
April 29 13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
April 29 14:00-15:15 Data integration and linking (with survey data)
April 29 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
April 29 15:30-17:00 Outlook and open session with own application

What’s left

  • AI models for detecting objects on satellite images

  • More in-depth temporal linking techniques

  • …

  • What do you think?

  • More data sources

Data Sources

Some more information:

  • Geospatial data are interdisciplinary
  • Amount of data feels unlimited
  • Data providers and data portals are often specific in the area and/or the information they cover

Some random examples:

EOD Spatial Linking Made Easy

Links time- and space-sensitive social science datasets with EOD

Supports inter- and transdisciplinary research

  • Environmental social sciences
  • Conflict and peace research
  • Political attitudes and behavior
  • Policy studies
  • Economic development and inequality
  • Public health

Installation

The development version of the package is available on GitHub. Please also refer to our comprehensive online compendium.

if(!require(remotes)){install.packages("remotes")}

remotes::install_github("denabel/gxc")

library(gxc)

Workflow

Upcoming Workshops / Events

Interactive Data Analysis with Shiny

  • 03-04 July & 10-11 July 2025, Online; Lecturers: Jonas Lieth & Paul Bauer
  • Register online

Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis

  • 09-11 July 2025, GESIS Mannheim; Lecturer: Tobias Rüttenauer
  • Register online

GESIS Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences

  • November or December 2025, GESIS Cologne; Hosts: Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger

The End